Distribution of central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure in a large population of Turkish School Children

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Sakalar, Yildirim Bayezit ^a   Keklikci, Ugur ^a   Unlu, Kaan ^a   Alakus, Mehmet Fuat ^a   Yildirim, Mine ^a   Dag, Umut ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure; Non contact tonometer; School children; Ultrasonic pachymeter

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONOMETER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TURKEY;

EID: 84859033271     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2011.649227     Document Type: Article

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